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Kanyakumari: The second Indian lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-II, scheduled to be launched in July this year, is important as it is planned to land in the lunar south pole, the little-explored area of the surface of the moon, according to Isro's president, Kailasavadivoo Sivan.
Addressing the media during the second lunar mission to Nagercoil here Friday, the leader of Isro said: "Chandrayaan-II is ready to be launched during the window from 9 to 16 July by the GSLV launcher -MK III. " mission is expected to land two months later in September from the launch date in July would be historically significant as it is expected to gently lay a rover near the south pole of the moon, which has never been explored before by none of the countries whose moon mission landed near the equatorial zone of the moon.
If successfully landed in the lunar south pole, ISRO is expected to have the opportunity to name this site on the moon. "Thus, India's second lunar mission attracts the attention of the world," said Isro's chief, Sivan, who added that two more ambitious programs of Isro, Aditya – L1, the first Indian mission to study the sun and Gaganyaan, the human mission in space, have progressed well. While planning to launch Aditya – L1 in mid – 2020, Isro was carrying out his human mission in the space of 2022. Before sending astronauts into the area. In addition, Isro was also working on launching two unmanned missions respectively in December. 2020 and July 2021 as part of the "Gaganyaan" program.
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